USA
Abacus Fund, Inc.
under Delaware law; 1960's; Certificate
of 100 shares, ABNC print, orange border; 11 by 5 cm engraving of 2
men next to an abacus (counting frame; NL.: telraam), used in ancient
China and the classical world in Europe. It is still in use in parts of
Asia (source: E.N.S.I.E., 1952, X, p.
3); price 25 Euro.

Foremost-McKesson, Inc.
Incorporated unde Maryland law; Certificate
of 100 shares, 1967, olive-green border, with 15 by 6 cm. engraving of the God
Mercury
(Gr.: Hermes), the messenger of the Gods and God of the trade, flying
in orbit around the globe. condition VF+: unfolded, hole cancelled,
price 50 €.Some history (source: Bob Kerstein):
The company was the result of a merger, in 1967, of the nation wide
dairy distributor Foresmost and McKesson & Robbins. In 1984 the
name was changed into McKesson Corporation. After the merger
Foremost-McKesson became the largest U.S. distributor of drugs,
alcoholic beverages and chemicals, the largest supplier of
milk-based
products and it became also the largest producer of processed water in
the western half of the U.S. Throughout the 1980s they divested most of
their peripheral businesses and began the process of refocussing
on
its core healthcare supply management businesses. Today McKesson
Corporation is the world's leading supply management and health care
information technology company, with roots in health related products
going back as far as 1833.